Love

Religions and religious people tend to talk about love. About God loving us (yeah, the holocaust was really loving.). Or they tend to talk about som other GREAT SPIRIT that loves us or is love or that the "natural state of mankind" is peace, love and understanding.

Bullshit.

There is no such thing as love. Love is something we have made up, because without it the world would just be to horrible. Just like god. A world without a loving god and without love... That is horrific, isn't it?

Now, what I mean when I say that there is no such thing as love is not that you (and I) are mistaken when we feel strongly about our parents or our partners or our sibling or whatever. It is that it is a construct. It is my belief that love is at it's base fear and dependency. You love someone because somehow your life is made easier by that person. You depend on that person and you fear the loss of that person and of that dependency. So far it is natural. But things get complicated when you look at the fact that humans are not instinctive, but social and cultural animals. The feelings of fear and dependency we have will not stay simple and instinctive. They will get complicated by our culture and our social lifes.

And then... We make up LOVE. Because we are smart. And stupid. And so very very afraid.


I love my cats. But I doubt they love me back. I have no doubt they are very fond of me. After all, I give them food, security, cuddling etc. But love... No.

But then again... Isn't that what love is, and what love is about? Haven't we maybe destroyed and polluted the concept with shitty rom-coms, sappy love songs and such? Hasn't love been destroyed? Do you actually think that Mr. Right is out there? The woman of your dreams? That there is someone out there that you are meant to be with? Because that is not true, you do know that?


And still... There is something about it that really puzzles me.

But more about that another time.

On a more musical note: everybody MUST check out Siebensünden. They don't have a homepage (that works) but they sell their stuff via I Hate Records and Pas-83. And their latest release is an album/EP with the lyrics written by Nikanor Teratologen (if you can't read swedish that is really your loss because that man is a dirty disgusting mighty-as-the-eagle literary genious. But he's only published in swedish.)! But the music is really good, although the vocals put me of a bit. They take some getting used to.

On other news, Nifelheims new album should be out within a month or two and it is of course the most brilliant black metal release since the last Nifelheim album.